LOVE IN JOZI, the Black middle class, love and intimacy in Johannesburg

204pp., paperback, UJ Press, Johannesburg, 2024

ISBN: 9780906785317

Essays on relationships, societal expectations, and personal aspirations within Johannesburg’s Black middle class.

Contributions include;

'Precarious Love in the Black Middle Class: A conceptual discussion" by Grace Khunou

"Inadequate Mothers and Wives: The challenges of the Black middle-class position" by Puleng Kaziboni

"Gender and Money in Cohabiting Relationships among Coloured Heterosexual Middle-Class Couples" by L'Oréal Maria Magro

"Black Middle-Class Gay Men and Queer Intimacy: Stereotypical roles and signifying money in relationships" by Katlego Vincent Scheepers.

Grace Khunou Professor of Sociology and Director of Scholarship in the Department of Leadership and Transformation, University of South Africa. She is editor of Black Academic Voices, the South African experience; Does the Black Middle Class Exist and Are We Members? Refections from a research team, and The Emergent Middle Class.